Take Your Skills Off the Beaten Path

Change the world - and your own life as well - by joining MEDICO in bringing vital services to remote communities of Central America.

Leave your hair dryer at home.

Would you be interested in serving on a MEDICO field team or working with educators?

MEDICO serves in many places and situations, so there is probably a place for you.

New to this type of work or to travel in developing nations?

Some of MEDICO’s field teams work in communities where volunteers are housed in hostels or bunkhouses. Hot water might be scarce, but there are showers. Travel is by van or car on paved roads.

Able and willing to push out further?

Some MEDICO field teams work in far eastern Honduras, beyond the road’s end. These communities have little or no access to health care. We might travel by boat or 4WD pickup and sleep in tents. No showers, but plenty of buckets.

Not sure?

Email to info@medico.org if you have questions. We can, also, put you in touch with a volunteer who has been on a similar trip.

What is common to all teams?

Experienced team leaders. Medical providers and contractors we’ve worked with before. Trip fees for all in-country travel, lodging and meals.  Meaningful work on a project. You will work. You will be tired. You will be glad you came.

If this sounds like you, keep reading! What to Expect As A MEDICO Volunteer.

MEDICO needs you and your skills!

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Trip Updates

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Trip Completed

Auka, Honduras (Medical, Dental, Optical)

January 28, 2024–February 4, 2024

Your team will be going to Auka, a small settlement in the Department of Gracias a Dios in far eastern Honduras. This area is informally known as La Moskitia, after the indigenous Moskito people who inhabit the area. This is the poorest rural area in Honduras. There is almost no public infrastructure or health care available outside Puerto Lempira, the main town of the Department.

OUR NEEDS: 2 Medical Providers,2 Dentists,1 Optometrist,1 Pharmacist/Pharmacy Tech,2-3 Registered Nurses,1 Community Health Educator,2-3 Lay Volunteers (including dental hygienists),

Copan 2023

Ruinas de Copan, Honduras (Medical, Dental, Education)

July 14, 2024–July 21, 2024

Your team will be working in the mountain communities surrounding Ruinas de Copan. We will be partnering with Paramedics for Children, a local organization.

OUR NEEDS: 2 Medical Providers,2 Dentists,1 Optometrist,1 Pharmacist/Pharmacy Tech,2-3 Registered Nurses,1 Community Health Educator,2-3 Lay Volunteers (including dental hygienists),

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Laka Tabila, Honduras (Medical, Optical, Dental, Education)

September 1, 2024–September 8, 2024

Your team will be going to Laka Tabila, a small settlement in the Department of Gracias a Dios in far eastern Honduras. This area is informally known as La Moskitia, after the indigenous Moskito people who inhabit the area. This is the poorest rural area in Honduras. There is almost no public infrastructure or health care available outside Puerto Lempira, the main town of the Department.

OUR NEEDS: 2 Medical Providers,2 Dentists,1 Optometrist,1 Pharmacist/Pharmacy Tech,2-3 Registered Nurses,1 Community Health Educator,2-3 Lay Volunteers (including dental hygienists),

Pranza 4

Pranza, Honduras (Medical, Dental, Optical, Education)

January 12, 2025–January 19, 2025

Your team will be going to Pranza, a small settlement in the Department of Gracias a Dios in far eastern Honduras. This area is informally known as La Moskitia, after the indigenous Moskito people who inhabit the area. This is the poorest rural area in Honduras. There is almost no public infrastructure or health care available outside Puerto Lempira, the main town of the Department.

OUR NEEDS: 2 Medical Providers,2 Dentists,1 Optometrists,1 Pharmacist/Pharmacy Tech,2-3 Registered Nurses,1 Community Health Educator,2-3 Lay Volunteers (including dental hygienists),

UHI PIC

Uhi, Honduras (Medical, Dental, Optical, Education)

January 26, 2025–February 2, 2025

Your team will be going to Uhi, a small settlement in the Department of Gracias a Dios in far eastern Honduras. This area is informally known as La Moskitia, after the indigenous Moskito people who inhabit the area. This is the poorest rural area in Honduras. There is almost no public infrastructure or health care available outside Puerto Lempira, the main town of the Department.

OUR NEEDS: 2 Medical Providers,2 Dentists,1 Optometrist,1 Pharmacist/Pharmacy Tech,2-3 Registered Nurses,1 Community Health Educator,2-3 Lay Volunteers (including dental hygienists),

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A Look at Past MEDICO Teams

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A Look at Past MEDICO Teams

Can you find yourself in one of these team photos?

Volunteer Spotlight

We joined this trip just to add another adventure on our list and thinking that we will help people in need.  But after our trip we realized that we have gained a thousand times more than our ability to give.  We were just amazed how each and every one of the team members genuinely cared and worked for people beyond any limits and without differentiating race, gender, class, cast (which is very different then my experience in India and USA) and it felt like "one world". I have spent 25 years of my life in school and college educating myself but what I have learned in the past 8 days from you all is beyond any education I can get in any university. You all are true inspiration.

Mehesh Dholariya and Ankita Vekariya
Dentist and Dental Assistant, Texas
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